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Some years ago , their father -was in extensive business at Shrewsbury as a woollen-draper , but , Jbe failed , and it was on this bankruptcy that the superstructure of forgery vraa afterwards raised . The first case of forgery traced to the prisoners was- on Messrs . Coutts and Co . fyr sbt hundred pounds , by the prisoner Edward , who , through his sister , tecame acquainted with the landwriting of a lady who kept cash at Coutts ' a . This took place About eighteen or twenty months ago . The police were gent in pursuit of the forger ; they traced him by railway to Kingston , and then into a hackney brougham , when they lost him . One of the prisoners gave out that be had just returned -with a large fortune from Australia . He had cards printed , giving his address at Peel River ,
Australia , and he announced that he had returned to England for the sole purpose of paying all his father ' s creditors in . full . With cheques prepared beforehand , one or . the other of the brothers waited on the creditors in succession , and by a plausible story succeeded in disarming suspicion and inducing the creditors to take the cheques , which were always for a larger amount than the debt , and to . give their own cheques for the difference : In most instances , these good cheques were made the foundation for . larger forgeries , and in this way considerable sums were obtained from various bankers in the metropolis and in the country . Two " detectives "
were-set on their track , and telegraphic messages to the police of country towns were continually being sent ; for the brothers would seem to hare made it part of their system to pass rapidly from one -place to another , honouring each locality with some fresh transaction in the way of fraud . The London police , however , knew that they would , sooner or later return to their old haunt , a certain public ^ house in the Hayroarket ; and ul timately they ? were all arrested at a tavern in Clerkenwell . Edward began talking gibberish , under pretence of being a foreigner , and Ingram endeavoured to escape ; but they were all secnred .. . ,
As a , proof of the dexterity of the brothers , it may be stated that a hot ; pursuit was once set on foot by a victim who recognised one of the brothers in Tottenhamcourt-road . The mob chased a man with Jong black hair , beard ,, and moustachios , wearing a brown wideawake ^ into a public-house which has an . entrance back and front . They saddenly ^ missed ¦ hi m , and , while debating the matter , a tall , bald-headed , whisker Jess { person passed through the ; midst . This was the very man of whom . < they : were in . pursuit , as ; was discovered a moment or two afterwards by finding -wig , whiskers , monstachio 3 , and wide-awake , under one of the seats in the public-house . ,- ¦ . ¦ ¦> , ; . . ,. .... ...
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missed the depredator . After the committal cf another burglary , he was pursued by the police on horseback , and caught . He glories in his escapes , and says no prison can hold lim . Mrs . Eliza M'Nair lias been committed for trial on the charge of defrauding the East India Company detailed in our last-week ' s paper . Supposed Cask ok Poisoning . —The adjourned incmest , respecting the death of Mrs . Catherine Ashmall , at J Burntwood , near Lichfield , Staffordshire , has terminated in a verdict stating that the deceased died from
natural causes . Some -particulars of the case recently appeared in the Leader . It will be recollected that , in consequence of some suspicions that Mrs . Asnmall had been poisoned , the body was exhumed . The inquest in the first instance was adjourned , in order that there might be an analysis of the intestines . The report of the analysis which was made by Professor Taylor was read on Monday ! It stated that no trace of poison had been discovered , ^ nd it appeared , from medical and other testimony , that Mrs . Ashmall had been ill for sometime previous to her death .
Butter fbobi Stones . —It was Swift , if we mistake not , who , ridiculing the bubble undertakings which sprang up about the " South Sea" time , proposed , among other things , to obtain . " butter from beechnuts ; " but it remained for the villainous ingenuity of modern trade to discover butter in flint-stones . Shakspeare speaks of " sermons in stones : " the adulterator finds something far more profitable . "Butter , " says the Donciister Gazette , "is adulterated with flint-stones . This wicked fraud is especially practised in the low kinds of butter usually sold in large manufacturing
the honse of Mr . Protneroe , formerly M . P . for Bristol , in Eccleston-square , Pimlico . Mr . Perkins charged Mr . Profcheroe with casting her off , after having kept hex as his mistress for a long time ; and the other , woman heroically took her part . Mr . Protheroe , however , -who is abbut eighty years of age , denied that the . fair one had any claim on . him ; and she and her devoted , adherents were bound over in various amounts to keep the
peace . . ¦ ¦ * i . Attempted MtFBDER and Suicide . —A man named Francis , living at Runcorn , near . Manchester , inflicted a desperate gash on his wife ' throat , under pretence of kissing her , in a boat ; then ^ ut ; his own thro at in several places , and again attacked the woman . Assistance arrived , and both were rescued . < They had been drinking together at a public-house , and had quarrelled . An Irish Rom ^ -Two Irish labourers named John and Dennis Harringtoin , were charged at the Thamas police court with having committed a murderous assault on a woman named Mary Lynch , and also with wounding her husband and son . The two prisoners had been out enjoying themselves all last Sunday night , and , about four o ' cloek on Monday morning , they invited their , neighbour Lynch , with his wife and son , to have some drink with them . The invitation was accepted , and .
the revelry went on for some time . At length , how * ever , the Irishmen wantonly attacked Lynch and his family ; they knocked the old man down and kicked him , and afterwards assaulted the son who interfered to protect his . father . The one , however , who suffered most from the violence of the ruffians , was Jtfrs . Lynch , On coming to the assistance of her husband and son , she was beaten by Dennis Harrington on the head and shoulders with a poker , the blows being inflicted with such force that in a very little time she was covered with blood . While she was endeavouring to staunch her wounds with a cloth , John Harrington flung a heavy brick at her headj wbi ^ h knocked her down insensible ! She was taken lo the London Hospital , where - shelies in a dangerous condition , and it "is feared that she cannot recover * ; -Mr . Yardley remanded the prisoners until the result oftthe Roman ' s injuries should be kno-wn . 1
ByBQtABYi-TTrA man , named Lund ^ , wascharged * t the . : Wx > rsWp-street police office with having broken into the housfe of Mr . Humphry Clare , Buttesland-street , Hoxton . r Mr . CIai ; e / went to bed on Sunday nighty leaving his sister up , who retired to rest some hoiirsf later , and lay awake until two o'clock in the morning She then heard a noise outside the door of her room , and presently afterwards saw a man enter with a candle in his hand . At first , she mistook him for her "brother , and therefore called to him by name , upon which ' the man put out his liarht , and rapidly made his exi £ ''Susput out his lig ht , and rapidly made his exit . '
Suspecting then that the intruder was a thief ^ Miss' Clare alarmed her brother and the other inmates , who piii > - sued the burglar , but he had contrived naeahwhile to escape at the back of the house . A policeman w . as called , who traced the man by the marks of his naked feet through the back gardens of several houses , until at length he discovered the fugitive secreted in an outhouse not far distant , with Jus shoes and stockings off . Another charge of burglary was brought forward against t he prisoner by a lady in court , who identified an overcoat which he wore as belonging to her husband . He was remanded for a week on the two charges . "
Great RosBERr or Pictures . —A robbery was effected on Sunday night , about ten o ' clock , at the premises of Messrs . Naybour and Co ., Oxford-street . Pictures by old and modern masters , to the value of 15007 ., were carried off . ' "An Opfioejb ant > a Gentleman . "—Lieutenant Thomas Anderson , of the 6 th ( Inniskilling ) Dragoons , hns been charged at the Canterbury police office with assaulting n young man named Steer , foreman to Mir . Martin , butcher , who contracts for the regiment . There had been some complaint about the meat ; a board of
officers condemned it ; and Steer demanded that it should bo scaled . Colonel Bl'Queen promised that this should bo done ; but , in the mean while , Lieutenant Anderson ordered Steor to take it away , and , in the hearing of his men , observed , " If I were the men I would tie you up to yonder beam , anil give you twenty lashes every time you brought such d—d stuff for them <; o pat . " Ho afterwar ^ atvuqk Steor on the neck with his whip ; and the man was subsequently assaulted and ducked by- the soldiers . The particular offenders , however , ho could not identify . Tho defence was that Steer was insolent . Lieutenant Anderson was fined 80 s ., and coats . >
A Gkntlkmax SwiNDi ^ KR .-rr-Henry Harrisa , generally known as Lieutenant or Captain Harrisa , and lately an officer in tho German Legion , has boon committed for trial on several . charges of obtaining money by falso cheques . An attempt was mado to show that ho was insane . Atthmptiod Cuii > i ) Murder . — - A yowng woman , about twenty years of ago , who was recently confined with a innio ahild at tho Manchester Union , has attempted to kill the infant by placing it in , a ditch full of water . The child waa rescued only just in time t ( aavo its lifo . Tho mother , though of good family , hai had anothor illegitimate child before the present .
Dioad Dnvntc—A . Mr . Jonca , a gentleman , abou fifty years of ago , residing in Store-stTeot , Bedford uquaro , wan found , a few uvouinga ago , in Tottenhnn Court-road , in so helpless a state of intoxication that to
towns to the poorer and industrious population . The flint-stones are ground and then chemically manipulated , until they are reduced into a soluble substance , which is known by the denomination of ' soluble silica . ' ^ fhen thjslatter preparation is dissolved in water , it becomes a stiff gelatinous body , somewhat , resembling strong jelly . This jelly is mixed to a considerableextent with butter of low Quality , to which fresh salt and colouringrmatter are . added . The product of this villainous adulteration is a compound which resembles a very good-looking dairymade butter . "
Empi ^ oters . A 3 iD Employed . —Some revelations of the relative position of workmen and masters at $ Tpttinghatn came out recently in an action brought in the Court of Exchequer by a . Mr . Atkin , a lacemanufacturer , against Wmiam Hind , a Nottingham bill-sticker , for slander . In . consequence , of . a disagreement about wages , Mrl Atfcin , in the course of last May , ; dismissed two of his workmen . A certain society existed , called " The " Committee of the Union , " the members of . which sent to Mr . Atkin , and told him , that he must take back the two men , or they would not allow any one to work for him . He refused ; on which ( according to the statement for the prosecution ) they beat his men , insulted himself and his wife in the streets , and employed so much intimidation that he could hardly obtain any workpeople . They ^ hen issued defamatory placards ; and one of these , imputing to Mr . Atkin base
Hotel TapEyBS . ~ -Three Americans have been apprehended—two at Manchester , and one at Liverpoolr—on charges of having . committed various hotelVobberies at both those towns , as well as at London . 3 ? he names of the men taken at Manchester are Oscar Kingston and Daniel E . Branch . They > have been committed for trial . The other , man , Alien , Howard , who was seized onboard a Xiverpopl steamer , shortly before starting for America , . has been * emandeid and sent up to London , as the greater number of his depredations were perpetrated there * . In the , Manchester hotel where Kingston and Branch were , taken into custody , the police , discovered
some ingenious .-instruments for facilitating the pursuits of . the accused .. . One of these is . an instrument , entirely of steel , in theforui of . a mortising chisel , well , adapted to cut out a panel , . unscrew the hinges of a box , or prise open a door . The . other , is in the form of a pair of pliers , the two ends of which , when pressed together , form a barrel , employed to ? lay hold of the end of a key , and turn it in the . loch ;; , so that , supposing , a door to be locked inside , and the , key left in the lock , the person having theso puera jn rbis possession would be able to turn the key from , the outside , and on leaving the room could relock the door without tho necessity . of removing the key . Among- the luggage of Branch waa found a
formidable instnument used by . thieves in Now York , and termed , a " knuckle-duster . ?' ,, It is a thick , flat piece of metal , about . throc-qunrtera of a pound in weight , with holea at owe of the odgos through which the . four fingers of tho hand can bo passed * ' , Wben put on for use , and tho fingers clinched ovex it , the larger portion of tho metal fills tho fist , while the outer edge presents fowr rings of solid metal over the knuckles of the second joints of tho fingers , calculated to give powerful effect to a blow struck by tho wearer . All the men aro supposed to belong to n gang of very accomplished thieves who have recently been travelling through Europe , and who have effected oevoral robberies in Franco . .. < ¦• •! ¦¦¦ ,. ,,, ¦ . .. .
Thd Esoapbd Convict , Thomas Hikons . — This man , whoso escape from Portsmouth prison was noticed in last week ' o Leader , has been recaptured . On tho niglit of hia eacapo , he committed » burglary in the neighbourhood of the gaol ; then took tlw rail to Oxfordahiro , rummaged the shops of two carponters , and stole a aaw , with which foot cut out th . e > window-fraino of a grpcer ' B shop , and carried off clothoa and money . He then committed several other burglarioa in rapid euoocssion j and , in the course of one of thoao , at on Inn at Hatton , waa nearly caught . He had ransacked the bedroom , and was descending by the outer wall , when hie foot etruok a pane of glass In one of tl » o lowoi rooms . Some men were here aasomblod drinking , and , »« Tprincd by tho breaking glass , they ran out and gnvo chase , but
and nefarious conduct , malignity , lying , and meanness , was posted ( as the prosecution alleged ) by Hind . A false name and address of the printer . was appended to this document . Mr .. Atkin , suspecting Hind , endeavoured to draw him into a confession . { i l gave htm several glasses of ale , " said the , plaintiff in . his evidence . " When , he had taken the third , I thought him ready for examination . " Hind , however , denied that he had posted the bill in question ; and this was his defence in tho action . On that occasion , he brought forward another bill-sticker , who swore that he had himself posted the obnoxious placard ; but Hind admitted that he ( Hind ) had posted up some previous bills libelling Mr . Atkin , and that he was paid to do so , though ho did not know by whom . The jury found a verdict for tho plaintiff ; damages , 150 / . Hind was defended at tho exponso of the Working Man ' s Association .
A Strange Gentleman ajid a Strange JJutler ,. — A Mr . John Brown , lately a butler in . the service of Sir Walter Stirling , Bart ., at Bruswood , near Groombridge , has brought an action against that gentleman for an assault . The butler was out till half-past two , a . m ., on the night of tho 26 th of last December , disporting hinisolf in Christmas fashion at tho Crown Inn . IJe bad not obtained loave to be out , and ho therefore tapped at tho hall window to rouse . John , the footman . While thus employed * a window on tho first floor waa thrown open , and Sir Walter looked out with a gun in his hand . Shpworing ( as it is said ) very abusive and filthy
language at tho bntlor , he dlsobargod the gun , which was for tunately only loaded with powder and paper . Ho then throw the weapon at the fostal Brown , and inflicted a severe wound . Aa a consequence , tho butler quitted his place ; but Sir Walter refused to give him a character . Tho present action wns therefore brought . The assault wan not denied ; but it was urged that Sir Walter meant nothing more than to intimidate hia aorvant , aa a punishment for stopping out ao late . It waa alao shown that Brown ' s character wns not without some previoua drawbacks of a similar clmrncter ; but he obtained a verdict—damages , 50 / . They had been laid at 1000 / .
DisoxinniMMT Womkn . —Three women—Mrs . Porklna , Mrs . Miiloolm , and Mrs . Preston—hove boon charged nt Woatminator with making a Uiagracoftd disturbance at
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Leader (1850-1860), April 26, 1856, page 393, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2138/page/9/
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